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Grilled Caeser Salad

posted 10 years ago by ikcaj
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I get that the episodes I'm watching are a few years old. This particular one, Parks Edge from season 5, in which Chef Ramsay has never heard of a grilled Caeser Salad and make quite a deal of making fun of the concept, is aprox. four or five years ago. I've been making grilled salads longer than that, and I learned it from food magazines so it certainly was not an unheard of idea. I'm having difficulty believing he was entirely unfamiliar with the concept. I think they were betting more on the average public being unaware which is pretty insulting.
Either way, it kind of makes him look stupid now when grilled salads can be found on numerous menus.
(If you've never tried it, grilled Romaine and other dark leaf green are amazing! Especially grilled over charcoal. It is not
just limp, warm lettuce. It gets a deep earthy flavor that's great job it's own as side or as a fully constructed salad.)

[–] GraceFromSoCal 10 years ago

Park's Edge isn't one of my favorites, so I usually delete it when it records again. But I remember the part you're referring to, and I thought it was silly, too. And, really, kind of ridiculous because, as you've mentioned, the concept of grilled salads isn't exactly new--so why didn't Ramsay know about it? I don't know, it just didn't ring true to me.

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[–] RoadSideAssistance 9 years ago

I didn't get this either. Grilled Caesar is pretty rare but I've had it before, usually at major steak/rib places where they are grilling a lot. It can be pretty good IMO if made with a good homemade dressing.

You DEFINITELY cut the steam off though. I don't think they did that on the video and that's pretty bad.

[–] SkiesAreBlue 9 years ago

Grilled salads are new to me. I looked it up and the recipes seem to come from USA, most of them used Romaine lettuce. We have char grilled vegetable dishes which are popular for BBQs. With other such greens, eg kale and Asian Buck choi, we used the wok. I will try the grilled Romaine Salad with Blue Cheese next BBQ. Sounds intriguing.

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[–] paulr03 8 years ago

If you're gong to call something 'Caesar Salad' then you need to use the authentic recipe. This is a Grilled Romaine Salad, nothing to do with the great original Caesar Salad. You don't deep fry oysters, put a dollop of pureed spinach on too and call it 'Oysters Rockefeller.